Google has celebrated the life of the legendary Indian musician Pandit Ravi Shankar with a Doodle. Born in 1920, the world famous sitar player became firm friends with the Beatles and inspired George Harrison to incorporate Eastern influences in his music. Sadly, Ravi passed away in 2012, but today would have been his 96th birthday. Today's Doodle depicts a sitar and was drawn by artist Kevin Laughlin, In a statement, Google wrote: "Today we celebrate Pandit Ravi Shankar, who was born 96 years ago today. Shankar evangelized the use of Indian instruments in Western music, introducing the atmospheric hum of the sitar to audiences worldwide. Mirrorpix Ravi Shankar with daughter Anoushka May Read more : "The godfather of world music": Tributes pour in for sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who has died aged 92 "He performed frequently with the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and composed a concerto with sitar for the London Symphony Orchestra. "...
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